5.6med
CVE-2016-3176
Salt Insecure configuration of PAM external authentication service
Also known as GHSA-v2rp-9cpj-pfw2, PYSEC-2017-33
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.6
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.9%
percentile 59%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Salt before 2015.5.10 and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.8, when PAM external authentication is enabled, allows attackers to bypass the configured authentication service by passing an alternate service with a command sent to LocalClient.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.87% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 5.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | salt | <2015.5.10 >=2015.8, <2015.8.8 | 2015.5.10 2015.8.8 |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
References
- docs.saltstack.com /en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.8.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- docs.saltstack.com /en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.10.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3176 · advisory
- github.com /pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-33.yaml · web
- github.com /saltstack/salt · package
- github.com /advisories/GHSA-v2rp-9cpj-pfw2 · advisory
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-3176
- GitHub Advisory: GHSA-v2rp-9cpj-pfw2
- NVD: CVE-2016-3176
- OSV: PYSEC-2017-33
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